The fact that the previously agreed number cannot be achieved is partly due to the “delayed care”. People who could not be treated during the first and second wave must now be helped. In addition, fewer staff are available, “the outflow has turned out to be higher than the influx” and the hospitals are struggling with a high absenteeism due to illness.
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The intensive care units currently have just over 900 beds available, of which nearly 800 are in use. These are not only corona patients, but also people with other serious conditions, the so-called non-covid patients.
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If there is enough support, the capacity could increase further to 1,350 beds. That can be maintained for four weeks, write the NVIC and V&VN IC. If the number of patients exceeds that limit, ‘code black’ comes into play. Then doctors have to choose which patients can still be helped and who cannot.
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